#DDDE77#DDDE77

#DDDE77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.126 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE77
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 119)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(61, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 46.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.48, -14.54, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.48, 52.13, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.0416 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.126 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2710, 68.9479, 27.6352)
Luminance	0.6895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE77 #7877DE

analogous

#DEAC77 #DDDE77 #A9DE77

triadic

#DDDE77 #77DDDE #DE77DD

tetradic

#DDDE77 #77DEAC #7877DE #DE77A9

square

#DDDE77 #77DEAC #7877DE #DE77A9

split-complementary

#DDDE77 #77A9DE #AC77DE

monochromatic

#AFB02B #D1D246 #DDDE77 #E9EAA8 #F6F6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DDDE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#DDDE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE77

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE77	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.126 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8a0',
    500: '#ddde77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde77;
$custom-light: #e9e8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.583,
    "s": 60.947,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87837,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE77

secondary

#4847B2

accent

#1DC91F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE77

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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